Using LanguageⅡ课堂实录【1】

Unit 3 A taste of English humour The Fifth Period Writing Teaching goals 教学目标

1. Target language 目标语言

2. Ability goals

能力目标

Enable the students to write some types of English humour and Chinese humour. 3. Learning ability goals 学能目标

Let the students read, and imitate the jokes, so that they can realize that humour is to let people to be optimistic about everything around. Teaching important points 教学重点

Help the students learn how to understand and write English humors. Teaching difficult points 教学难点

Help the students know the differences between English and Chinese in humours. Teaching methods

教学方法

Using pictures, discussion, and imitation. Teaching aids 教学准备

A recorder and a projector. Teaching procedures & ways

教学过程与方式

Step I Lead-in 如何写幽默故事

Think of a funny English or Chinese story and tell it to your partner.

写作时应注意以下几点：

1. 确定文体：幽默故事大多属于记叙文。

2. 主体时态：文章以一般过去时或一般现在时为主。

3. 主体人称：第一人称或第三人称。

4. 内容要点：①故事场景；②展开情节；③意外结尾。

Step II 思路引导

写幽默故事首先要设计好故事发生的场景，即时间、地点、主要人物和发生的事。做好前文的铺垫之后，故事最后的点睛之笔（punchline）才显得既在情理之中又

出乎意料之外。相声中称之为“抖包袱”，即把之前设置的悬念揭开，或者把前文铺垫酝酿好的笑料关键部分说出来。

写幽默故事时要注意前文的逻辑顺序，结尾处要与人们的生活常识或经历相矛盾，这样才能使人联系上下文体会到幽默所在。写英文幽默故事，还应注意东西方人思维方式的差异以及汉英语言文化背景的差异。

Step III 实战演练

根据所给的提示，续写故事，要有出人意料的结局。

A year ago, my grandmother was walking down the street, stopping from time to time to look in the shop windows. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【范文欣赏】

A year ago, my grandmother was walking down the street, stopping from time to time to look in the shop windows. At one store, she stopped to admire a dress in the window. Just as she turned to enter the store, a businessman, walking very fast and not looking where he was going, ran into her, knocking her down.

“Oh, I’m so sorry!” said the man. “Are you OK?”

My grandmother was too frightened to reply. But after a while she said she was fine. “Look!” she heard someone say from across the street. “An old woman just fell down!”

She quickly sat up and looked around with great concern and said, “Where?”

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Fun stories A Letter to Girlfriend

One day a young man was writing a letter to his girl friend that lived just a few miles away in a nearby town. Among other things, he was telling her how much he loved her and how wonderful he thought she was. The more he wrote the more poetic he became. Finally, he said that in order to be with her he would suffer the greatest

difficulties, he would face the greatest dangers that anyone could imagine. In fact, to spend only one minute with her, he would climb the highest mountain in the world, he would swim across the widest river, he would enter the deepest forest and with his bare hands fight against the fiercest animals.

He finished the letter, signed his name, and then suddenly remembered that he had forgotten to mention something quite important. So, in a postscript below his name, he added: “By the way I’ll be over to see you on Wednesday night—if it doesn’t rain.”

致女朋友的一封信

一天，一个青年男子给住在离他几英里远的镇上的女朋友写信。除写了其他的事情外，他告诉她他爱她有多深，他认为她有多好，他越写越富有诗意。最后，他写道，为了能和她呆在一起，他将克服最大的困难，他将面对任何人能够想象的最大的危险。实际上，为了能和她呆上一分钟，他将爬越世界上最高的山，他将游过最宽的河，他将赤手空拳进入最深的森林同最凶恶的野兽搏斗。

他写完了信，签上了名，突然，他想起忘了写一件挺重要的事。因此，他在信末签名后又补充道：“顺便说一下，我将在星期三晚上去看你——如果不下雨的话。”

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with his bare hands：

赤手空拳

The New Baby

Mr. and Mrs. Taylor had a seven-year-old boy named Pat. Now Mrs. Taylor was expecting another child. Pat had seen babies in other people’s houses and had not liked them very much, so he was not delighted about the news that there was soon going to be one in his house too.

One evening Mr. and Mrs. Taylor were making plans for the baby’s arrival. “This house won’t be big enough for use all when the baby comes,” said Mr. Taylor.

Pat came into the room just then and said, “What are you talking about?”“We were saying that we’ll have to move to another house now, because the new baby’s coming,” his mother answered.

“It’s no use,” said Pat hopelessly, “He’ll follow us there.”

What is intelligence?

Two men were digging a ditch on a very hot day. One said to the other, “Why are we down in this hole digging a ditch when our boss is standing up there in the shade of a tree?” “I don’t know,” responded the other. “I’ll ask him.”

So he climbed out of the hole and went to his boss. “Why are we digging in the hot sun and you’re standing in the shade?”

“Intelligence.” the boss said. “What do you mean, ‘intelligence’?”

The boss said, “Well, I’ll show you. I’ll put my hand on this tree and I want you to hit it with your fist as hard as you can.” The ditch digger took a mighty swing and tried to hit the boss’ hand. The boss removed his hand and the ditch digger hit the tree. The boss said, “That’s intelligence!”

The ditch digger went back to his hole. His friend asked, “What did he say?” “He said we are down here because of intelligence.” “What’s intelligence?” said the friend. The ditch digger put his hand on his face and said, “Take your shovel and hit my hand.”

True Fear By Kelley E. Rachels Crying of fear In the dark Hurry and run Says my heart. But I lie there Too scared to scream Praying so hard That it’s just a dream.

Then I see the shadow Slowly moving outside I want to get up And find a place to hide. I gather up the courage And yell, Please help me!

They quickly run away As I can plainly see. A bunch of questions Everyone did ask I don’t know the answers

It happened so fast. Feeling a little more brave Not wanting to show fear I act big and bad Saying, They better not come back here! The next night at supper After I took my last bite I got up from the table and said, Who’s sleeping with me tonight.

English jokes Sam: Would you punish me for some thing I didn’t do?

Teacher: No, of course not.

Sam: Good, because I didn’t do my homework.

A：How can you tell when a lawyer is lying? B：His lips are moving. C：If your dog was barking at the back door and your wife was knocking on the front door, who would you let in first?

D：The dog, because at least he would shut up once he was in. E：How many social scientists does it take to screw in a light bulb? F：They do not change light bulbs; they search for the root cause as to why the last one went out. Funny Poems Mary Had a Little Lamb Mary had a little lamb whose fleece was worth some money.

Now Mary’s filthy rich

but her bald lamb looks kind of funny. ——K